La Alpujarra Spain

07 October, 2010

La Alpujarra is without doubt one of the most beautiful regions in Europe, let alone Spain.
With its Moorish architecture, and historical links back to the 1400s. There is something special about the mountains.

In winter you can ski in the high Sierra Nevada (November to April) and then drive down to the beaches of Salobrena and Almunecar and swim in the Mediterranean.

If you want to rent your own villa / farmhouse in the mountains then click here to a selection of wonderful properties. Rental in La Alpujarra

11 October, 2007

This is a photo taken on 5th October of the dam at the entrance to Las Alpujarras just north of Salobrena on the coast. The water appears to have risen by at least 20 meters if you compare the photo to the one lower down taken in July 2006.

25 September, 2007

This map shows the location of La Alpujarra and its proximity to the three nearest airports. One hour to Granada, 1 hour 45mins to Malaga and about the same to Almeria. Orgiva to the beaches of Salobrena and Almunecar is only about 45mins.

A view of the Sierra de Lujar from one of the properties in Orgiva advertised on www.rentinspain.co.uk What a great site to wake up to every morning of your holiday. Behind are views of the High Alpujarra.

This track leads down out of Orgiva from the right hand side of the Rio Chico. It leads you on a wonderful walk down to the Rio Guadalfeo. Turn right at the bottom and you come to the 7 eye bridge, and a welcome cold drink in the bar.

Looking back down towards the ski village. This is only a third of the way up to the higher slopes.This was taken in April when the upper slopes are still in use. It not uncommon to have a fresh layer of snow fall in late April. Thus exptecnding the season. Even more reason to visit the slopes in the morning and hit the beaches in the afternoon. I have seen snow up here in July. Cannot ski though!

A view of Orgiva from the opposite side of Rio Guadalfeo. It nestles in the foot hills of La Alpujarra at about 1500ft. It has great access for the higher Alpujarra, Granada and the coast. Ideal location to stay for your holiday.

A farmer in Capileira working one of the terraces. At the base of the wall you can see one the acequias that feeds water to the terrace. Wtaer can only be taken from the acequia on a specific day and time of day each week or fortnight. It depends on what the water rights are for that plot of land.

A view back down the Barranca from Capileira. The second highest village in Spain. You can see some the old terracing that has been left to return to its natural state. There are also areas of terracing that are still in use. Much of the produce is for local use.

These are two of the white villages of the Poqueira Barranca in La Alpujarra. The third one can just be seen on the left of the image. The lower one is Pampaneira, middle is Bubión and the last is Capileira.

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After spending 10 years at university in Bristol England, gaining a BSc, and MSc then undertaking a PhD to near completion I decided to move to Spain. This was because despite all my research training I was going to be too old to be employed as a full time lecturer at the age of 51.
I set up a web business advertising property for rent in Spain in 2000. Sold our family house and moved to Spain with my wife and two teenage daughters.